Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Jessica Fayne

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

HYLUCC Team

Kazem Bakian-Dogaheh

PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California

Postdoctoral Researcher (2025-current): Radar Science and Engineering for Wetland Carbon Fluxes

A young woman with long dark hair smiles at the camera, standing indoors next to a scientific poster displaying charts and text. She is wearing a light-colored zip-up sweater.

Yinjiao Zhong

MS Geospatial Data Science, University of Michigan

Research Associate (2025-2026), PhD Student (2026-current): Microwave Remote Sensing for Wind Speed

Duncan Jurayj

AB, Geology-Biology, Brown University

Research Associate (2022-current): Active Remote Sensing for Vegetation Water

Alumni

Betty Jahateh

MS, Earth and Environmental Sciences (2024-2026): Optically-Derived Mangrove Classification

Gary Bowen

MS, Earth and Environmental Sciences (2024-2026): Land Use Impacts on Urban Hydrology and Flooding

Rebecca Bowers

BS Applied Math, Brown University, and Research Associate (2022-2025): Radar for Vegetation Structure

Md Ehsan Alam

MUD Masters of Urban Design from the University of Michigan (2024-2025)

Felix Yu

BS Computer Science, Environmental Science Minor from the University of Michigan (2024-2025)

Miriam Bartleson

BS Earth and Environmental Science, Spanish Minor, from the University of Michigan (2023-2025)

Carolyn Lober

AB, Geology-Biology, Brown University (2021-2022)

Lab Photos

  • A young woman, Yinjiao Zhong, stands indoors, smiling and gesturing toward a large scientific poster about estimating inland wind speed using satellite observations. The poster features charts, maps, diagrams, and text under a University of Michigan logo.